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Bathurst Police Station was established by 6 December 1825 when the first Chief Constable, James Blackman, was appointed. (1)By 1865 Bathurst was the Head station of the Western District. (2)
In 2008 the Bathurst Police Station was located in the Chifley Local Area Command within the Western Region and was the Local Area Command Office. In 2008 its addresss was 139 Rankin Street, Bathurst. (3)
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(1) NRS 1286, Returns of the Colony (Blue Books), 1825, [4/253 p.134] Fiche 441.
(2) Return shewing Police Stations in the years 1855 and 1865, p.6 in Votes and Proceedings, 1865, Vol.1, p.640.
(3) NSW Police Force website http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_us/structure/operations_command/local_area_commands/western_region/chifley (cited 10 May 2008).
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